that was senator wicker we were showing just a few minutes ago, republican of mississippi. here is the headline in "the hill"from yesterday's newspaper. "either panetta testifies on libya or i put a hold on hagel nomination." "senator lindsey graham said he would put a hold on president obama's nomination of former senator chuck hagel to lead the pentagon unless panetta testifies on what the pentagon did before, during, and after the september 11, 2012 attack on the u.s. facility in benghazi." that is senator wicker and senator blunt. we were talking to matt blunt, the former governor of missouri , a little while ago. senator blunt won election to his first senate term after chuck hagel left the senate. john in new hampshire, independent line, good morning to you. caller: i think they have turned this into a political football, they being people in washington. his confirmation hearings are just pro-forma, basically. the president wants this guy in the sea. now it has turned into this big this and that. the president should take who he wants and go with what happens. it make